The Narwhal Project identifies a set of young Canadian companies that have the potential to become successful on the world stage. The Narwhal List sheds light on the ability of firms to scale up and reach world-class status. 2020 was another remarkable year for Canadian Narwhals and eleven companies from B.C. made the cut. The […]
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Fintech Unicorn Chime To Employ 100 In Vancouver By End Of 2021
The trend is undeniable. Tech companies hailing from San Francisco are setting up shop in Vancouver to gain access to our strong talent base. This trend shouldn’t surprise anyone. The strongest economic argument in Vancouver’s pitch to Amazon to build their HQ2 was that the city’s tech workers have the “lowest wages of all North […]
Silicon Valley Startup Chime To Employ 100 In Vancouver By End Of 2021
One month ago Silicon Valley’s Chime added a Mobile Software Developer role to the Techcouver job board. At first blush it looked like the San Francisco-headquartered fintech was simply posting a remote role. Chime tested the Vancouver waters back in 2019 when they worked with Terminal to hire technical employees North of the border on […]
BBTV Signs New Contracts with Major Content Partners
Vancouver’s BBTV has announced the signing of four new YouTube content partners, Nick Pro, penguinz0, Jack Denmo, and Francesca Farago – accounting for 267.8 million monthly views and 12.5 million subscribers. Founded in 2005, BBTV provides end-to-end content management and technology solutions for independent content creators and media companies to grow their presence online. Nick […]
Three Vancouver Companies Recognized At 2020 MarTech Breakthrough Awards
Not one, not two, but three Vancouver marketing platforms were recognized at this year’s MarTech Breakthrough Awards. The awards recognize the best companies, technologies, products and services in the field of marketing, ad and sales technology and are conducted by MarTech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization. This year’s program attracted more than 2,750 nominations […]
Values Are Key To Success In Vancouver Tech
How often do you think about your company’s values? In the tech startup world, it’s easy to get side-tracked by immediate concerns around product development, balance sheets, and just plain making it through another year. However, the values held by a company don’t just serve to look good on a corporate wall. Values define who […]
Foodee Raises $13 Million and Acquires US Competitor Chewse
Vancouver’s Foodee has acquired Chewse, a fellow office catering company that services the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, and Chicago. Founded in 2011, Chewse takes a “Spotify for food” approach to office catering and provides companies with curated selections of family-style meals from local restaurants. The San Francisco-based startup has raised US $33 to date. […]
‘League of Innovators’ Launches Platform for Youth to Discover Entrepreneurship
Vancouver’s League of Innovators (LOI) has launched a free learning and resource platform for youth and educators called Innovators Academy. The Innovators Academy is an online platform with free content on topics related to entrepreneurship and innovation organized into 12 modules filled with content, videos, and workbooks, and tackles topics such as social entrepreneurship, resilience, […]
AI in the Enterprise: Case Studies from Four Industries
In many companies Artificial Intelligence has moved from being an experimental technology to be a fundamental part of operations and service delivery. Continuing the momentum from a successful CrossOver: AI Conference, the Artificial Intelligence Network of BC is tackling AI in the Enterprise. Join AInBC on March 11th as they get in-depth on lessons learned […]
Eleven Vancouver Companies Included on Narwhal List
The Narwhal Project identifies a set of young Canadian companies that have the potential to become successful on the world stage. The Narwhal List sheds light on the ability of firms to scale up and reach world-class status. 2019 was a remarkable year for Vancouver’s technology sector as there are eleven companies that made the cut. […]